Brush-handle.



PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.

.R. BAILLARGEON. BRUSH HANDLE. .APPLIoATioN mm JAN. 28. 1908.

attorney e Are ha: w

d3 1,??? OF PORT HURON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR 6F ONE-HALF TS lOHN ASMAN, OF PORT HURON, MICHIGAN.

BRUSH-HANDLE.

.Specifioh tion of Letters Patent.

letented ma ee iooc,

Application filed January 28, 1993. Serial No. 18,67,

27o all whom itmoy concern:

Be it known that l, Brennan BAILLAR son of the United States, residing pron, in. the county of St. Clair and Brush-Handles, of specification.

, to improvei'nents in window cleaners and the the invention is to rocnsible handle whicii is construction and adapted to be red at at low cost and to permit .ent adjustment of the or scraper carrying section, lc as a whole may be made n its extremelirnits to which the work is being st at point low down upon 1 connection with window cleannon use, andwhlch 1S icr objects in view, the the features of construcview of a window inventioni Fig. Zisa ection through the holndle, showing the rod s Figs. 3 and 4 are crosslines 3-3 and 44 of Fi 1.- len view showing a modil ica i tring to the drawing, 1 designates the o ting rod or handle of a Window cleaneroi any ordinary co; -truction, u on the outer end of wl'iich rod or handle is tted a Work heed 2, which may h the form of c brush heed, mop heed or so; oer, desired. The

r as the co rooted. is designed for connection it a hollow. handle 3 to recci e rod 1, which is slidably .zh to contract and extend i For convenience of idle of the device will be h vs invented new end ing the annoyances and in mg from the use oi a heavy oi: the invention is to proneedle proper which may he hereinafter described as consisting of a hollow stationary section and an extensibl rod section, as the two cooperate to form the, telesco ic handle for the brush heed 2. v

' The ollow section 3 is preferably ion tudinelly divided, being for-med of two 811%)- stantially semicylindrical sections 4 and 5, thus adapting said hollow section of the handle to be conveniently manufactured by ordinary types of wood-working-machines. The meeting edges of the'sections 4 and 5 at oneside are recessed for a portion of the length thereof to provide a longitudinal slot 6, and such sections 4 and 5 are united at their end portions by caps 7s and 8'securedi 7el in any suitable manner thereto to hold the sections firmly united, the cap 8 being apera tured to "form a ferrule and provide a. passage for the rod 1. Atv the ends of the slot 6 the sections 4 and 5 are further reinforced and connected by suitable means, such as a clam ingf band 9 and a cross-bolt 10, for whic 1 latter a hand 11 similar to the-hand 9 may be substituted, as shown 5. I The sections of the hollow handle 3 ere 86 further connected and reinforced between the terminals of the slot 6 by split hands or clips 12, the end. portions 13 ct 'Whichere bent to lie inrecesses 14 in the surface edges of the slot 6 and are secured therein by nails or other suitable fastenings, thus holding them firmly in position. The end ca s, hands and clips will thus securely unite t e portions or sections of the hollow handle to term a sleeve or casing tor the rod section 1, which is substantially coextensive iength therewith.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that the rod section 1 may be 'adjusted in and out of the hollow section 3 to render the handle of the Work head 2 of any suitable length within the range of adjust- -,ment of the section 1, and when the latter is forced fully into the hollow section 3 the",

ion th of the handle as a Whole will bot'lcn .slig itly exceed the length of saidsection 3;

In order to secure the rod section]; in ad-' 3ust1ng position a clampin device is pro- L vlded comprising a. colt or threaded stem 15 carried by said rod section and movable-1n the longitudinal slot 6. The stem. pro ects beyond said slot and through a ciainping plate 16 bridging across the slot and adaptedto bear upon the side walls thereof, an adjusting nut 17 being-provided upon the stem ice by whloh theblam ing plate may be loosened or tightened to camp or free the rod: By disposing the ends of the clips .12 withimrecesses-in the edge walls of the slot-6, it will be noted thatf the same will'ofier no interference to. the free moiverhentof the clam ing plate fi desired, the nnerjend ofthe ro section 1 -m'ayel be blfurcatedor' formed with alongituprovided with comparatively long handles in order to permit the work head to .bebrought into contact with the upper portions of hlgh store windows, and that in using devices of this kind cleaning theilower portions of such windows difiiculties and annoyances. are

found in the operation of the cleaner and amount of pavement surface occupied owing .to the long length of the handle. These objections anddifiiculties are overcome by the use of my improved telescopic handle, which isadjustable to different lengths to suit the convenience in Working upon portions of the window at different elevations. The hollow handle section 3 may be em loye'd in connec tion with the rod section 1 o cleaners in common use by simply cutting ofi' a-portion of the rod section of the cleaner which is to be used, as will be readily understood. By employingthe band 11 shown in Fig. 5 in place of the cross-bolt 10, the necessity of bifurcating the rear end of the rod section 18 scenes avoided, but either construction may be advantageously employed. By theuse of the means employed for connecting the semi- 'cylindrical halves of the hollow section 3,

such section may be easily and economically manutacturedwlthout necessltatmg the employment of special wood-working machines.

It will be understood that the lon itudinal "guide slot i n the handle may be made at any other point other than by providing the meeting or joint edges of the sections with recesses.

Having thus fully described the invention,

what is claimed as new is In a device of the character described, the combination ot' a rod, a sleeve to receive the same,.said sleeve comprising a pair of semicylindrical sections recessed in two of their ad; acent meeting edges to provide a longitudina slot, thewalls of the slot having spaced transverse recesses, caps connecting the end of said sections, means connecting the sections at the-ends oi the slot, clips engaging the sections between the ends of the slot and having their end portions fitted and secured within said transverse recesses, and a clamping device carried by the rod and movable m the slot and ad ustable for engagement with the walls thereot to secure said rod in adjusted position to the sleeve.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD BAILLARGEON.

Witnesses:

WM. BETTIE, lVlA BEL ROBINSON 

